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Wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India. Ecology, structure, floristic composition and succession.

Author:

J.-P. Pascal

Publisher:

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Year:1988

Pages:

345 p., ill, tables

Series:

Travaux de la section scientifique et technique n°20 Bis

Language:

English

ISBN:

978-81-8470-040-4

Price:

720 Rs (31 €)

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About the book

This book deals with the dense wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats reliefs and coastal area. It first analyses the geographical, geological and human frameworks and the different local climates. A typology of the various forest formations is proposed, based on a sampling of representative forest plots and intense field survey. This typology takes into account the forest structure and floristic composition. For each identified forest type, the corresponding climatic conditions are defined and the different steps of degradation following the human intervention analysed. A synthesis of the structural and floristic variations all along the Ghats is proposed with a study of their biodiversity and endemism. Some functional aspects are also considered: increment, litterfall and decay.